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ILLE mi par esse deo uidetur,
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He seems to me to be equal to a god,
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ille, si fas est, superare diuos,
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he, if it may be, seems to surpass the very gods,
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qui sedens aduersus identidem te
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who sitting opposite you againand again
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spectat et audit
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gazes at you and hears you
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dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis
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sweetly laughing. Such a thing takes away
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eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te,
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all my senes, alas!-- for whenever I see you,
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Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi
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7
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Lesbia, at once no voice at all remains
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vocis in ore;
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8
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within my mouth;
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lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus
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9
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but my tongue falters, a subtle flame steals down
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flamma demanat, sonitu suopte
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through my limbs, my ears tingle
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tintinant aures, gemina et teguntur
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with inward humming, my eyes are quenched
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lumina nocte.
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12
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in twofold night.
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otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est:
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Idleness, Catullus, does you harm,
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otio exsultas nimiumque gestis:
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you riot in your idleness and wanton too much.
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otium et reges prius et beatas
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Idleness ere now has ruined both kings
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perdidit urbes.
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and wealthy cities. |